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5 Celebrities bodies found flee in fast-moving burned cars as Southern wildfire incinerates California wildfire town

PARADISE, CALIF. >> Five people were

LOS ANGELES >> A fast-moving wildfire found dead in their burned-out vehicles

in Southern California has scorched a after a Northern California wildfire

historic movie site recently used by the incinerated most of a town of

HBO series “Westworld” and forced about 30,000 people with flames that

numerous celebrities to join the thousands moved so fast there was nothing firefighters fleeing flames that have claimed could do, authorities said Friday.

homes and prompted the total evacuation of the celebrity enclave Malibu. Later, a sixth fatality was reported.

Kim Kardashian West, Scott Baio, Only a day after it began, the Rainn Wilson and Guillermo del blaze near the town of Paradise had

Toro are among numerous celebrities grown to nearly 110 square miles forced to evacuate their homes, and was burning completely out of

in some cases hurriedly trying to control. arrange transport for their horses. “There was really no firefight involved,” Some, like del Toro and Caitlyn Jenner, Capt. Scott McLean of the did not know the fate of their California Department of Forestry

homes, but the wind-driven wildfire and Fire Protection said, explaining has destroyed the home of “Dr. that crews gave up attacking the

Strange” director Scott Derrickson flames and instead helped people

and the historic Paramount Ranch get out alive. With fires also burning

where shows like HBO’s “Westworld” in Southern California, state officials

and “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman” put the total number of people

were filmed. forced from their homes at 280,000.

The blaze started Thursday When Paradise was evacuated, the night and by Friday had pushed toward order set off a desperate exodus in Malibu and the Pacific Ocean, which many motorists got stuck.

prompting evacuations.